Saturday, November 29, 2003
Littwin: Gag order leaves troops, reporters speechless
Paul Krugman: The Good News
Robert Fisk: Telling the truth won't set you free
Newsweek: Patriot Act helps the Feds in cases with no tie to terror Show Me the Money
Paul Krugman: The Good News
Robert Fisk: Telling the truth won't set you free
Newsweek: Patriot Act helps the Feds in cases with no tie to terror Show Me the Money
Friday, November 28, 2003
Thursday, November 27, 2003
Wednesday, November 26, 2003
AlterNet: Media Silence on 9/11
NY Times Editorial : Boeing's Tawdry Deal
LA Times: Senate OKs Sweeping Overhaul of Medicare Sounds like a sweet deal, if you're a pharmaceutical company. It's the latest evidence that lobbying and giving cash to politicians is a truly sound investment. But if you listen to the GOP, it sounds like they think they're doing Seniors a favor (?) Maybe those Seniors that hold pharma-industry stock might agree...
The Independent: Ozone layer 'sacrificed' to lift Bush's re-election prospects
NY Times Editorial : Boeing's Tawdry Deal
LA Times: Senate OKs Sweeping Overhaul of Medicare Sounds like a sweet deal, if you're a pharmaceutical company. It's the latest evidence that lobbying and giving cash to politicians is a truly sound investment. But if you listen to the GOP, it sounds like they think they're doing Seniors a favor (?) Maybe those Seniors that hold pharma-industry stock might agree...
The Independent: Ozone layer 'sacrificed' to lift Bush's re-election prospects
Tuesday, November 25, 2003
Monday, November 24, 2003
Robert Fisk: Under US Control, Press Freedom Falls Short in Iraq
The Observer: Pentagon bankers may bail out Black
Ralph Nader: Energy Showdown
Wired News: E-Votes Must Leave a Paper Trail
Maureen Dowd: Scaring Up Votes
William Rivers Pitt t r u t h o u t - Donkeys of Mass Destruction
The Observer: Pentagon bankers may bail out Black
Ralph Nader: Energy Showdown
Wired News: E-Votes Must Leave a Paper Trail
Maureen Dowd: Scaring Up Votes
William Rivers Pitt t r u t h o u t - Donkeys of Mass Destruction
Saturday, November 22, 2003
Three items from the NY Times:
F.B.I. Scrutinizes Antiwar Rallies
Freddie Mac Understated Its Earnings by $5 Billion
China Set to Act on Fuel Economy
F.B.I. Scrutinizes Antiwar Rallies
Freddie Mac Understated Its Earnings by $5 Billion
China Set to Act on Fuel Economy
Friday, November 21, 2003
War critics astonished as US hawk admits invasion was illegal
Maureen Dowd: The Buck House Stops Here
Paul Krugman: AARP Gone Astray
Maureen Dowd: The Buck House Stops Here
Paul Krugman: AARP Gone Astray
Thursday, November 20, 2003
Italian Quits U.S. Led Iraq Authority
The Observer: Dark heart of the American dream
Other uses for an on-board vehicle navigation system Court limits in-car FBI spying
The Observer: Dark heart of the American dream
Other uses for an on-board vehicle navigation system Court limits in-car FBI spying
Wednesday, November 19, 2003
NY Times Editorial: ’Enemy Combatant’ Sham
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
Did anyone else notice that the recently passed $87 billion H.R.3289 - An Act Making emergency supplemental appropriations for defense and for the reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan contains a provision to assist the Miami PD, to the tune of $8.5 million, in policing the Free Trade of the Americas Summit? We are herewith funding the stifling of dissent, the right of free assembly and protest. The FTAA is, in essence, an expansion of NAFTA and us therefore a very legitimate target for public protest.
"TITLE II--IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION AND INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
CHAPTER 1
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for `Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service', $115,500,000, to remain available until expended, which may be transferred to, and merged with, the appropriations for `Diplomatic and Consular Programs': Provided, That of the funds made available under this heading, $65,500,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, the appropriations for `Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials'; of which $32,000,000 is for the reimbursement of the City of New York for costs associated with the protection of foreign missions and officials during the heightened state of alert following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States; of which $8,500,000 is for costs associated with the 2003 Free Trade Area of the Americas Ministerial meeting; and of which $25,000,000 is for costs associated with the 2004 Summit of the Industrialized Nations notwithstanding the limitations of 3 U.S.C. 202(10): Provided further, That of the funds previously appropriated under this heading, $2,000,000 is for rewards for an indictee of the Special Court for Sierra Leone: Provided further, That any transfer of funds provided under this heading shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of Public Law 108-7."
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Paul Krugman: Funds and Games
"TITLE II--IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION AND INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
CHAPTER 1
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for `Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service', $115,500,000, to remain available until expended, which may be transferred to, and merged with, the appropriations for `Diplomatic and Consular Programs': Provided, That of the funds made available under this heading, $65,500,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, the appropriations for `Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials'; of which $32,000,000 is for the reimbursement of the City of New York for costs associated with the protection of foreign missions and officials during the heightened state of alert following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States; of which $8,500,000 is for costs associated with the 2003 Free Trade Area of the Americas Ministerial meeting; and of which $25,000,000 is for costs associated with the 2004 Summit of the Industrialized Nations notwithstanding the limitations of 3 U.S.C. 202(10): Provided further, That of the funds previously appropriated under this heading, $2,000,000 is for rewards for an indictee of the Special Court for Sierra Leone: Provided further, That any transfer of funds provided under this heading shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of Public Law 108-7."
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Paul Krugman: Funds and Games
Monday, November 17, 2003
Washington Post: CIA Finds No Evidence Hussein Sought to Arm Terrorists
James Ridgeway: Rumsfeld's Propaganda Ministry
NY State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer: Regulation Begins at Home
The Progressive [October 2003 ] An Occupied Country | Howard Zinn
LA Times Energy Measure Would Limit Liability of MTBE Producers
James Ridgeway: Rumsfeld's Propaganda Ministry
NY State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer: Regulation Begins at Home
The Progressive [October 2003 ] An Occupied Country | Howard Zinn
LA Times Energy Measure Would Limit Liability of MTBE Producers
Sunday, November 16, 2003
Two stories that show how the Bush Administration is highly selective in its use of the media:
Washington Post: Pentagon Plans Iraq Channel, or 'All the spin that fits our agenda'
Ashcroft Is Unprintable, and Glad of It, or the AG's refusal to speak to the print media on his recent PR tour defending the Patriot Act and its proposed expansion.
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NY Times Editorial: Iraq Goes Sour
t r u t h o u t - William Rivers Pitt | The Other Memo Scandal
Washington Post: Pentagon Plans Iraq Channel, or 'All the spin that fits our agenda'
Ashcroft Is Unprintable, and Glad of It, or the AG's refusal to speak to the print media on his recent PR tour defending the Patriot Act and its proposed expansion.
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NY Times Editorial: Iraq Goes Sour
t r u t h o u t - William Rivers Pitt | The Other Memo Scandal
Saturday, November 15, 2003
The President and his circus are coming to [London] town.
The Observer: Cheney ignored war chaos alert
The Observer: Cheney ignored war chaos alert
Friday, November 14, 2003
Bill Moyers: 'Our Democracy Is in Danger of Being Paralyzed'
Senator Byrd: US Syria Bill Could Lead to an Invasion
NY Times: Paul Krugman on the Medicare bill in Conference Committee The Trojan Horse
Senator Byrd: US Syria Bill Could Lead to an Invasion
NY Times: Paul Krugman on the Medicare bill in Conference Committee The Trojan Horse
Wednesday, November 12, 2003
Tuesday, November 11, 2003
A friend pointed me to two recent speeches, one by George W. Bush, to the National Endowment for Democracy, and the other by Al Gore, to the American Constitution Society and MoveOn.org. As Billy noted to me, they present two very different views of democracy and freedom.
Scott Ritter: Defining the Resistance in Iraq - It's Not foreign and It's Well Prepared
Bush Takes Quiet Aim at 'Green' Laws
Online NewsHour: Interview with General Zinni -- September 30, 2003
Rumsfeld Retreats, Disclaims Earlier Rhetoric
Scott Ritter: Defining the Resistance in Iraq - It's Not foreign and It's Well Prepared
Bush Takes Quiet Aim at 'Green' Laws
Online NewsHour: Interview with General Zinni -- September 30, 2003
Rumsfeld Retreats, Disclaims Earlier Rhetoric
Monday, November 10, 2003
Here are two very important articles from 'The Nation':
Naomi Klein - Iraq is not America's to sell: International law is unequivocal - Paul Bremer's economic reforms are illegal
Why the Privatization of Iraq Is Illegal: Pillage Is Forbidden
The Village Voice: Rumsfeld Watch by James Ridgeway
from the Independent: Case for war confected, say top US officials
NY Times Editorial: The Fruits of Secrecy
The Observer: Private Jessica says President is misusing her 'heroism'
Ineffective Iraqi council angers its US backers
Naomi Klein - Iraq is not America's to sell: International law is unequivocal - Paul Bremer's economic reforms are illegal
Why the Privatization of Iraq Is Illegal: Pillage Is Forbidden
The Village Voice: Rumsfeld Watch by James Ridgeway
from the Independent: Case for war confected, say top US officials
NY Times Editorial: The Fruits of Secrecy
The Observer: Private Jessica says President is misusing her 'heroism'
Ineffective Iraqi council angers its US backers
Friday, November 07, 2003
NY Times, Paul Krugman: Flags Versus Dollars
Ex-CIA chief Woolsey pushes for constitutional monarchy in Iraq.
Sydney Morning Herald [Australia] LA Times orders reporters to avoid term 'Iraqi resistance'
EUobserver: EU to impose huge sanctions on US imports
Helen Thomas: Buck Doesn't Stop With President Bush
Ex-CIA chief Woolsey pushes for constitutional monarchy in Iraq.
Sydney Morning Herald [Australia] LA Times orders reporters to avoid term 'Iraqi resistance'
EUobserver: EU to impose huge sanctions on US imports
Helen Thomas: Buck Doesn't Stop With President Bush
Thursday, November 06, 2003
Paul Krugman This Can't Go On
West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd: A High Price for a Hollow Victory
US intelligence is being scapegoated Bush administration for getting it right on Iraq
West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd: A High Price for a Hollow Victory
US intelligence is being scapegoated Bush administration for getting it right on Iraq
Tuesday, November 04, 2003
This past Sunday, November 2, 2003, on NBC's "Meet the Press," SecDef Rumsfeld said: "The world needs to think about other things we can do to reduce the number of schools that teach terrorism."
With that in mind, we should remind ourselves of the role of the School of Americas:
"Initially established in Panama in 1946, the SOA is a U.S. combat training school for Latin American soldiers. In 1984 it was kicked out of Panama and is now located at Fort Benning, Georgia.
At the SOA, Latin American soldiers are trained in counterinsurgency techniques, sniper training, commando and psychological warfare, military intelligence and interrogation tactics. Graduates of the SOA are responsible for some of the worst human rights abuses in Latin America.
Among the SOA's nearly 60,000 graduates are notorious dictators Manuel Noriega and Omar Torrijos of Panama, Leopoldo Galtieri and Roberto Viola of Argentina, Juan Velasco Alvarado of Peru, Guillermo Rodriguez of Ecuador, and Hugo Banzer Suarez of Bolivia.
Hundreds of thousands of Latin Americans have been tortured, raped, assassinated, 'disappeared,' massacred, and forced into refugee by those trained at the SOA, frequently dubbed the “School of Assassins.” Democracy Now! Nov. 3, 2003
Two stories from the Independent (UK):
Saddam 'not organising' Iraqi anti-US resistance
US will deny aid to countries that refuse court immunity deals
Diebold Uses Copyright Law to Silence Critics
With that in mind, we should remind ourselves of the role of the School of Americas:
"Initially established in Panama in 1946, the SOA is a U.S. combat training school for Latin American soldiers. In 1984 it was kicked out of Panama and is now located at Fort Benning, Georgia.
At the SOA, Latin American soldiers are trained in counterinsurgency techniques, sniper training, commando and psychological warfare, military intelligence and interrogation tactics. Graduates of the SOA are responsible for some of the worst human rights abuses in Latin America.
Among the SOA's nearly 60,000 graduates are notorious dictators Manuel Noriega and Omar Torrijos of Panama, Leopoldo Galtieri and Roberto Viola of Argentina, Juan Velasco Alvarado of Peru, Guillermo Rodriguez of Ecuador, and Hugo Banzer Suarez of Bolivia.
Hundreds of thousands of Latin Americans have been tortured, raped, assassinated, 'disappeared,' massacred, and forced into refugee by those trained at the SOA, frequently dubbed the “School of Assassins.” Democracy Now! Nov. 3, 2003
Two stories from the Independent (UK):
Saddam 'not organising' Iraqi anti-US resistance
US will deny aid to countries that refuse court immunity deals
Diebold Uses Copyright Law to Silence Critics
Monday, November 03, 2003
On Transfats The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
From the Guardian Rebel war spirals out of control as US intelligence loses the plot
US puts right to protest at risk
International Herald Tribune, William Pfaff: A fiction shattered by America's aggression
From the Guardian Rebel war spirals out of control as US intelligence loses the plot
US puts right to protest at risk
International Herald Tribune, William Pfaff: A fiction shattered by America's aggression
Sunday, November 02, 2003
William Rivers Pitt, t r u t h o u t | Perspective: The Revolution Was Not Televised
U.S. Dissident Says Bush Needs Fear for Reelection
Boston Globe: Projected Iraq Oil Costs Up Sharply
Secret 9/11 Case Before High Court
"It's the case that doesn't exist. Even though two different federal courts have conducted hearings and issued rulings, there has been no public record of any action. No documents are available. No files. No lawyer is allowed to speak about it. Period."
SEC Accuses Enron's Lay of Legal 'Charade'
NY Times: Schwarzenegger Plans Approach on Energy
U.S. Develops Lethal New Viruses
U.S. Dissident Says Bush Needs Fear for Reelection
Boston Globe: Projected Iraq Oil Costs Up Sharply
Secret 9/11 Case Before High Court
"It's the case that doesn't exist. Even though two different federal courts have conducted hearings and issued rulings, there has been no public record of any action. No documents are available. No files. No lawyer is allowed to speak about it. Period."
SEC Accuses Enron's Lay of Legal 'Charade'
NY Times: Schwarzenegger Plans Approach on Energy
U.S. Develops Lethal New Viruses
